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KOMMENTIERTE ANKÜNDIGUNGEN ANGLISTIK
Anglistisches Seminar
Wintersemester 2021/22
letzte Aktualisierung: 22-Jul-2021Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Anglistisches Seminar
Kettengasse 12
D - 69117 Heidelberg
www.as.uni-heidelberg.de/studium/kvv.phpKommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction 4 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Key Dates and Deadlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Notes on Corona-Related Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Email Communication at the English Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Übergreifende Kompetenzen & Fachdidaktik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Freshers’ Day (Orientation for New BA Students) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Orientation for New MA Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Orientation for New Master of Education Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 Vorlesungen 9 Vorlesung historische Sprachwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Vorlesung moderne Sprachwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Vorlesungen Literaturwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Vorlesung Kulturwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 Einführungsveranstaltungen 12 Phonetik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Einführung Sprachwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Einführung Literaturwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Einführung Kulturwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4 Proseminare 15 Proseminar I Sprachwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Proseminar II historische Sprachwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Proseminar II moderne Sprachwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Proseminar I Literaturwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Proseminar II Literaturwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Proseminar I Kulturwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Proseminar II Kulturwissenschaft/Landeskunde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Proseminar III Sprachwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Proseminar III Literaturwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 5 Hauptseminare 37 Hauptseminare Sprachwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Hauptseminare Literaturwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 6 Kolloquien 39 Kolloquien Sprachwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Kolloquien Literaturwissenschaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 7 Oberseminare 40 8 Fachdidaktik 41 Fachdidaktik im BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Fachdidaktik 1 im M.Ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Fachdidaktik 2 im M.Ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Fachdidaktik 3 im M.Ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 9 Sprachpraxis 48 Pronunciation Practice AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Anglistisches Seminar 2 Wintersemester 2021/22
Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Inhaltsverzeichnis Pronunciation Practice BE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 English in Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Tense and Aspect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Tense and Aspect for Repeat Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Essential Skills for Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Essential Skills for Writing for Repeat Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Structure and Idiom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Structure and Idiom for Repeat Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Advanced English in Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Academic Essay Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Exposition and Argumentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Description and Narration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 10 Ethisch-Philosophisches Grundstudium 56 Ethisch-philosoph. Grundlagenstudium II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 11 Sonstiges 57 Anglistisches Seminar 3 Wintersemester 2021/22
Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Key Dates and Deadlines
1 Introduction
This Course Catalog contains information about lectures, seminars, language courses etc. offered at
the English Department, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany, in the winter term 2021/22,
including registration procedures and the preparation that is expected of students before the beginning
of the term.
Please note that the information on lectures on LSF may be dated. The most recent information
regarding courses at the English Department can always be found on our homepage and under Aktuelles.
General Information
You can find contact details for all your lecturers under Personen on the department’s website. Answers
to most general questions can be found in the Studienführer , which should be your first stop. For newly
enrolled students, we have gathered all the basic information for your initial orientation on a separate
page.
Please read our guidelines for email communication at the English Department below, before you
contact your lecturers or advisors.
Key Dates and Deadlines
Lecture Period Oct 19, 2021—Feb. 19, 2022
Refreshers’ Day Jul 28, 2021, probably online. See Aktuelles for
details.
Freshers’ Day (BA and MA students) Oct 13, 2021, probably online. See Aktuelles for
details.
Information meeting for students of the new Oct 18, 11:00-12.30, online. See Aktuelles for
M.Ed. details.
HSE compact introductory days for new students tba.
in the Master of Education (M.Ed.)
Holidays Nov 1; Dec 22, 2021—Jan 8, 2022;
Obligatory online registration period: all courses July 26—August 5, 2021
with online registration
Schedule adjustment period for Proseminar I & August 23—Sept 10, 2021
II and Proseminar III/Hauptseminar
Sprachwissenschaft
Schedule adjustment period for all other courses August 23—Oct 14, 2021
with online registration
Obligatory online registration period for newly Oct 4—Oct 14, 2021
enrolled and repeat students
Schedule adjustment period for Pronunciation Oct 18—Oct 22, 2021
Practice, Tutorials and “Tense and Aspect”
Anglistisches Seminar 4 Wintersemester 2021/22Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Registration Registration There are two different ways to register for courses: 1. In person (via email or during office hours) 2. Online (“Kurswahl”) Personal Registration In-person registration is common for Proseminare III, Hauptseminare and Oberseminare, Kolloquien and all other courses that prescribe in-person registration in their descriptions. As soon as the Course Catalog is published, you can register either during professors’ office hours (which are published on the department’s homepage) or via email. The preferred method of registration will be indicated in the individual course descriptions, which you can find in the following pages. Please note that you need to register online (see below) for Hauptseminare Sprachwissenschaft and PS III Sprachwissenschaft. Online Registration (“Kurswahl”) You must register online (via SignUp) for all language courses, tutorials for introductory lectures, Proseminar I & II, Proseminare III/Hauptseminare Sprachwissenschaft and didactics courses during the registration period (see above for key dates and deadlines and exceptions). In order to spread the number of participants evenly across courses, you are required to indicate alternatives to your favourite courses. The department is aware that it can be challenging to juggle alternatives in your schedule, but experience has shown that courses with consistently low and equal numbers of participants are well worth the trouble. On the day after registration ends, your online account will show the courses you were assigned. The obligatory registration period for courses with online registration takes place towards the end of the preceding lecture period. This generally means the first week of February for classes in the following summer, and late July/early August for classes in the next winter term. The early timing of this helps students plan their schedules and avoid conflicts between classes across different subjects. After the initial course assignment, students can cancel their registration for a course and/or switch to a different course during the schedule adjustment period. Please note: The schedule adjustment period for Proseminare is shorter than that for other courses to allow for the time required for you to complete the preparatory reading. Students who enrol after the initial registration period has ended choose their courses during a later period (Oct 4—Oct 14). The same registration period applies for repeat classes for students who have failed a course. Online registration process: Every student at the English Department automatically gets a SignUp-account approximately two weeks after enrolment. To log in, use your UniID and password. Please make sure that you are using an up-to-date browser (Firefox is recommended) on a laptop or desktop computer. After logging in, click on “Kurswahl,” and pick a course type (e.g. “Proseminar I Literaturwissenschaft,” “Tutorium Einführung Sprachwissenschaft” etc.). A list of all the courses of this type should appear. Drag the course you want to attend from the left column to the top of the right column. Drag your second choice to the slot below and continue until all slots in the right column are full. When the green message appears, your choices have been automatically saved. If you are new to the process, it might be a good idea to click “Hilfe” (“Help”) and watch the video that demonstrates what you are supposed to do. Please note that you can only register for four different course types that have a limited number of participants (plus as many lectures as you want). You can change your choice of courses at any time Anglistisches Seminar 5 Wintersemester 2021/22
Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Notes on Corona-Related Issues
during the registration period. It makes no difference when you make your choice, as long as you do so
before the deadline.
If you have trouble logging in or indicating your course selections, please see Dr. Jakubzik during his
office hours (see Personen on the department’s website), or click on “Kontakt” on the login page and
send an email with a description of your problem.
During the schedule adjustment periods you can swap your place in one course for a place in a different
course, provided this second course has spaces available. You can also cancel your registration for
courses you were assigned but cannot attend. Please note that you cannot register for additional courses
during the adjustment periods.
Notes on Corona-Related Issues
The classes listed in this edition of the course catalog will be taught in accordance with ongoing
restrictions in the interest of public health. Please note that participation in online classes necessitates
a laptop or desktop computer as well as an internet connection. If this puts you at a disadvantage
regarding your ability to continue your studies, please contact Dr. Jakubzik for advice on your options.
Symbols:
= course takes place only if it can be taught face to face.
= course takes place only if face to face teaching is not possible.
Email Communication at the English Department
Email is a very useful and quick means of communication. However, lecturers at the English Department
receive a great number of emails every day. To avoid frustration for both sender and recipient, we
suggest some rules and guidelines for our students to follow.
1. Before writing an email, make sure you consult publicly accessible information relating to your
query. In particular, we expect you to have consulted the websites of the University and the
English Department, including Aktuelles, Personen and the Studienführer . If your query is related
to matters of Studienberatung and the sources mentioned above did not provide the required
information, please send an email to studium@as.uni-heidelberg.de first.
2. Send your question to only one advisor at a time. Do not email two or more people simultaneously;
all this does is multiply the workload.
3. Try to avoid unnecessary mail whenever possible, for example asking whether a lecturer is available
during office hours, when these take place, or what room that lecturer’s office is in. Some lecturers
want you to sign up for their office hours via email or SignUp, others don’t—check Personen for
individual preferences.
4. If you’ve missed a class and would like to know what you’ve missed, ask one of your fellow students
before contacting your instructor. Do not ask you instructor to email you course materials: these
should be picked up during office hours.
5. Make proper use of the subject line by stating clearly the reason for your email. Do not use
subjects like “I have a question. . . ,” “urgent request—immediate response needed” or “Are you
responsible for x.”
6. Try to be clear and concise. If your question is very elaborate or multifaceted, it makes more
sense to meet up with the lecturer/advisor personally during their office hours.
7. Only ask for appointments outside office hours in cases of emergency.
8. General rules of politeness apply:
Anglistisches Seminar 6 Wintersemester 2021/22Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Übergreifende Kompetenzen & Fachdidaktik
• Use an appropriate form of address. In English, you usually can’t go wrong with “Dear
Prof./Dr./Ms./Mr..” In German, use “Sehr geehrte/r . . . ” for more formal communication
or if you are unsure, and “Liebe/r . . . ” otherwise.
• When you are sending an attachment (e.g. to submit homework or a term paper), include
at least a short message in the body text—don’t send an empty email. A brief note such as
“Please find attached . . . ” is sufficient and much more polite than nothing at all.
• Don’t expect constant availability or immediate responses. Different people work on different
schedules, but you generally cannot assume that lecturers will check their inbox in the
evening or on weekends. Plan accordingly and send your email ahead of time, especially
for time-sensitive issues (e.g. for questions regarding presentations or when requesting a
reference letter).
9. For reasons of data privacy it is preferable for you to use your University email address (ending in
@stud.uni-heidelberg.de). In contrast to allegedly “free” services like gmx, gmail, or t-online, your
correspondence will not be used for commercial profiling this way.
Übergreifende Kompetenzen & Fachdidaktik
Übergreifende Kompetenzen/Fachdidaktik in the BA
All BA students need to accumulate credit points in Übergreifende Kompetenzen (ÜK ). Please see the
document on Übergreifende Kompetenzen in the download section on the English department’s website
for more detailed information.
If you are not planning to apply for the Master of Education study programme, credit points for university
courses that are unrelated to either of your BA subjects will usually be recognized as ÜK. Students
intending to pursue an M.Ed. need to accumulate the Übergreifende Kompetenzen credits specified
under Lehramtsoption. Sixteen of these points are earned at the Institut für Bildungswissenschaft. The
remaining four points are allocated to Fachdidaktik (two in each BA subject).
Freshers’ Day (Orientation for New BA Students)
This day-long orientation program (October 13, 2021, 10 am to 6 pm) organized by members of staff
and the student council of the English department is designed to help new students get their academic
career in English Studies off to a good start. In small group sessions led by advanced students, new
students have the opportunity to benefit from expert advice on every aspect of life in the department,
from putting together a manageable schedule to finding their way around the building. Faculty and
staff cover the programs of study, advisory system, study abroad opportunities and services available in
the department, and the student council and representatives of different clubs introduce themselves
as well. The day concludes with a pizza party where students, staff and faculty can mingle and get to
know each other. All new students are strongly urged to attend this event.
Freshers’ Day traditionally takes place on the Wednesday before classes begin. The schedule is posted
on Aktuelles on our homepage soon after the results of the entrance examination have been announced.
If the restrictions due to the current pandemic do not allow for an actual meeting, virtual groups will
be organized.
Anglistisches Seminar 7 Wintersemester 2021/22Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Orientation for New MA Students
Orientation for New MA Students
New students in the English Studies MA program meet at their own orientation session. Place and date
will be announced at the beginning of October 2021 on Aktuelles.
If the restrictions due to the current pandemic do not allow for an actual meeting, a virtual meeting
will be organized; please check Aktuelles for up-to-date information.
Orientation for New Master of Education Students
October 18, 11:00-12.30, room 108: Orientation for new Master of Education students,
organized by the department of English Studies
This orientation is designed to help new students organize the part of their program that involves the
English department. Both “Fachstudienberater” will be present and ready for your questions.
Please check our homepage for changes and current information.
If the restrictions due to the current pandemic do not allow for an actual meeting, a virtual replacement
will be organized.
Final editing: Jakubzik; editorial deadline: July 10, 2021; last updates: July 20, 2021.
Anglistisches Seminar 8 Wintersemester 2021/22Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik
2 Vorlesungen
Vorlesung historische Sprachwissenschaft
Language Variation and Change in the History of English
Dr. Landmann: Mon, 11.30-13.00, N.N.
This lecture illustrates the complex paths of variation and change of the English language throughout
its history, from its Indo-European origins to the present day. A historical perspective will be assumed
to give an overview of the most essential developments of English on the phonological, morphological,
lexical, semantic and syntactic levels. Much importance will be attached to external (e.g. socio-cultural)
factors of linguistic change that left their traces on the language. In addition, an overview will be given
of the wide range of electronic dictionaries and corpora which can be used in historical linguistics, such
as the Oxford English Dictionary Online and the Corpus of Historical American English. Students will
explore how these sources can be fruitfully used for many types of investigations to gain insights into
language variation and change.
Texts: Pfenninger, S.E. (et al.). 2014. Contact, Variation, and Change in the History of English.
Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Vorlesung moderne Sprachwissenschaft
Corona in Discourse
Prof. Dr. Musolff: on HeiConf:
Part I: Lecture component: Wed. 13 Oct.: 10:00-13:00; Thur. 14 Oct.: 10:00-13:00; Fri. 15. Oct.:
10:00-13:00
Part II & III: Exercises & Workshop component: Wed. 20. Oct.: 11:00-14:00 & 15:00-17:00; Thur. 21
Oct.: 11:00-14:00 & 15:00-18:00
The workshop investigates linguistic issues that have been brought into focus by the COVID-19
(“Corona”) pandemic on the basis of Critical Discourse Theory (Musolff et al. 2021).
We focus on key issues of British and US American Corona debates such as the relationship between
scientific and public discourses (both governmental and media), establishment of discourse power and
authority, representation and framing of the disease and disease agents, periodization and narrativization
of the pandemic, agenda-setting for health policy, identity-building and stigmatization, as well as the
role of conspiracy theories in the debate. With the exception of the last topic, the discussion of these
issues will be accompanied by working on practical exercises individually or in groups. Specific thematic
foci are:
• Pandemic discourse as crisis discourse
• How is a pandemic named and defined?
• The use of figures and statistics
• The legitimization of policy measures
• Metaphorization of the pandemic and of its public management
• The use of metonymy for stigmatization and debates about its ‘justification’
• The expression of empathy and solidarity
• (Non-)apologies in a pandemic crisis
• Pandemic discourse, rumour and myth-making
Anglistisches Seminar 9 Wintersemester 2021/22Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Vorlesungen Literaturwissenschaft The course will take place online (HeiConf). A Schein can be obtained for a “Vorlesung moderne Sprachwissenschaft.” Please register via anmeldung.kleinke@as.uni-heidelberg.de for this course. Lexicology Priv.-Doz. Dr. Mollin: Wed, 11.15-12.45, online Lexicology, the study of words, is a discipline that cuts across several of the core branches of lingui- stics—semantics, morphology and word-formation, historical linguistics etc.. This lecture will touch on all these perspectives and add a psycholinguistic focus, discussing how words are stored and processed in our brains. Questions we will address are, amongst others: How can we describe the meaning of words and their relationships with each other? What are the characteristics of the English lexicon? Does the vocabulary of a language influence the way its speakers think? How does word use vary between speakers of English, i.e. on the national, regional and social levels? What are the origins of the words we use in modern English and how has the historical development of the words determined the modern structure of the lexicon? And how do new words emerge and become established? We will thus try to do justice to the enormous thematic breadth of lexicology. Throughout the lecture, classic and recent studies will be discussed in detail in order to introduce lexicological methodology as well. In all likelihood, the lecture will take place online, with a mixture of synchronous and asynchronous elements. Vorlesungen Literaturwissenschaft American Literary History: Revolution—Civil War Priv.-Doz. Dr. Löffler: Tue, 16.15-17.45, n.n. In this lecture course, we will read a selection of representative literary texts that help us trace the evolution of American literary history from the 1770s to the end of the so called antebellum period. Students will analyze canonical American works in cultural context—from Susanna Rowson’s Charlotte Temple and Edgar Allen Poe’s gothic tales to Herman Melville’s Moby Dick and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin - at the same time as we will think in more general tertms about what it means to write literary history in national terms. Texts: A course reader will be made available at the beginning of the term. Lecture Series: Another Place, Another Time Elstermann: Mon, 18.15-19.45, online/HS In the past year, many people have done their fair share of armchair travel—but this is by no means a recent invention. In this lecture series, we will explore works which, at least at first glance, have little to do with the factual reality of their authors’ lives: stories about different times, different people, different places; stories or whole genres where the adage “write what you know” does not quite apply. We will discuss theory as well as a broad variety of literary examples and their effects, from escapism to empathy. The subversive potential of transferring certain dynamics and experiences to different settings will be as important as the occasional necessity of abstraction for communicating subjective experiences. Over the course of the semester, we will examine what a departure from immediate reality means in different literary periods, genres, modes, and movements, and in what way it is precisely such stories which can sometimes be particularly illuminating about the world outside of fiction. As always, this will be a joint venture featuring different members of the English Department in individual sessions. This means that you will benefit not only from expertise in different subsections of literary history, but also from different voices and points of view every week. Whether we end up sitting in the same physical space of a lecture hall or following each talk online while dreaming of elsewhere, we hope Anglistisches Seminar 10 Wintersemester 2021/22
Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Vorlesung Kulturwissenschaft that this lecture series will, as it usually does, contribute to a sense of academic community throughout the department. If in-person lectures are not yet possible by the start of term, the lecture series will take place online (asynchronously). Please keep an eye on the department’s website and “Aktuelles” for the schedule as well as information on how to access the contents of this lecture. If you wish to obtain credit points for this lecture, you will be asked to submit a response paper. Administrative details will be explained in due course. Vorlesung Kulturwissenschaft Key Concepts for the Study of Culture Prof. Dr. Nünning: Tue, 9.30-11.00, NUni n.n. This course is designed as an introduction to central themes and methods of cultural analysis on the basis of current and historical theories of culture. We will introduce several key terms which you can use in order to understand, analyse and interpret different cultures, such as the relation between culture and identity, emotions, values, performance, visual culture, material culture, and others. We will also provide examples taken from British or American culture in order to illustrate how one can use these key concepts. Thus, you will also learn something about key periods of British and American cultural history. Course requirements: The lecture will comprise a mixture of studying on your own (reading chapters of a book, answering questions), watching videos, and a virtual seminar discussion, conducted via HeiCONF. Texts: The basic text for this course is Vera Nünning, Margit Peterfy, and Philipp Löffler. Key Concepts for the Study of Culture: An Introduction. Trier: WVT, 2020. It is recommended that you buy the book; there are also copies available in the university library and the library of the English seminar. Anglistisches Seminar 11 Wintersemester 2021/22
Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik
3 Einführungsveranstaltungen
Phonetik
Introduction to Phonetics and English Phonology
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Mollin: Mon, 9.15-10.45, online
In this introductory lecture, we will be dealing with (English) speech sounds from both a theoretical and
an applied perspective. After a general introduction to the fields of phonetics and phonology, the sound
system of the English language will be considered in detail. We will focus on the British and American
standard accents, but will also look at further accents of English whenever appropriate. Throughout,
special attention will be paid to potential pronunciation difficulties of German-speaking learners of
English. In addition, the lecture will also be concerned with the accurate transcription of English texts.In
all likelihood, the lecture will take place online, with a mixture of synchronous (video conferences every
Monday, 9:15), and asynchronous elements.
N.B.: Students also need to take the course “British/American English Phonetics (Pronunciation
Practice),” either British or American English, preferably in the same semester as the lecture. Both the
lecture and the pronunciation practice classes require SignUp registration.
Texts: For both the lecture and the course “British/American English Phonetics (Pronunciation
Practice),” one of the following books should be obtained:
• Sauer, Walter. 2013. A Drillbook of English Phonetics. Heidelberg: Winter. [for British English]
• Sauer, Walter. 2011. American English Pronunciation: A Drillbook. Heidelberg: Winter. [for
American English]
Also recommended for the lecture:
• Collins, Beverley, Inger M. Mees & Paul Carley. 2019. Practical Phonetics and Phonology.
London/New York: Routledge.
Einführung Sprachwissenschaft
Introduction to English Linguistics
Dr. Landmann: Wed, 11.30-13.00, N.N.
The aim of this lecture course is to introduce students to the main ideas and concepts in English
linguistics. We will start off by considering what language and linguistics are, look at key concepts in
semiotics, phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics.
There will be an accompanying tutorial taught by advanced students where the basic tools and techniques
linguists require for their trade are presented, and the main issues treated in the lecture will be repeated
and applied in practical exercises.
Die Teilnahme an den Begleittutorien wird dringend empfohlen. Zu Redaktionsschluss dieses Dokuments
ist noch nicht klar, ob die Tutorien in Präsenz oder virtuell stattfinden. Wir werden Sie dazu auf der
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Anglistisches Seminar 12 Wintersemester 2021/22Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Einführung Literaturwissenschaft Einführung Literaturwissenschaft Introduction to Literary Studies Prof. Dr. Nünning: Mon, 11.30-13.00, online This course will introduce the main concepts and categories that you can use in order to interpret literary texts. We will begin with the question of “what is literature?” and continue with an introduction of the main critical tools relevant to the analysis and interpretation of poetry, drama and prose fiction. In addition, you will learn some basics about different approaches to the study of literature and literary history. This class will conclude with a written exam. Course requirements: The lecture will comprise a mixture of studying on your own (reading particular chapters, working with power point slides and additional material, answering questions) and online seminar discussions, conducted via HeiCONF every three weeks or so. We will also offer tutorials in which you will be able to discuss what you have learned with others under the guidance of more experienced students, who will also show you around the important libraries and acquaint you with basic research tools. Registration for these tutorials will be possible online before the start of the semester — times will be posted on the department’s homepage: http://www.as.uni-heidelberg.de/aktuelles.php Texts: The basic text for this course is Vera and Ansgar Nünning’s An Introduction to the Study of English and American Literature (Klett), which provides basic categories for the interpretation of literary texts. In order to demonstrate how one can apply these categories in order to arrive at a better understanding of literary works, we will interpret a few poems, Oscar Wilde’s play An Ideal Husband (1895) and Nick Hornby’s novel Juliet, Naked (2009). Please note!!! This lecture will only be held online by Prof. Nünning if—due to Corona regulations—it cannot be taught in class by Prof. Schnierer. Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft Prof. Dr. Schnierer: Mon, 11.30-13.00, N. Uni This course of lectures in English is designed to introduce you to the basics of our craft. Under the headings of “Literature and Text,” “Literary History,” “Literary Analysis”and “Interpretation”we shall address questions ranging from the simple (“What is the difference between an ellipsis and a lipogram?”) via the difficult (“Are computer gamesliterature?”) to the unanswerable (“What exactly is good about Shakespeare?”) There will be an accompanying compulsory tutorial where advanced students will (a) introduce you to the techniques and tools you need in your course of studies, (b) go over the lecture’s central issues again and (c) clarify what I may have left opaque. Nevertheless, I would like to encourage you to ask questions before, after and –emphatically –also during lectures. In the first meeting you will get an accompanying reader with selected texts. I will also repeatedly refer to a handful of texts which I cannot reprint in full and which you ought to have read by the end of May: William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land (don’t expect to understand much of it yet) and Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. Texts (any annotated edition will do): -William Shakespeare: Hamlet -T. S. Eliot: The Waste Land -Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe. This course is planned to be taught in class, in case this might not be possible due to potential Corona restrictions it will be held as an online format by Prof. Dr. Vera Nünning. Anglistisches Seminar 13 Wintersemester 2021/22
Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Einführung Kulturwissenschaft Einführung Kulturwissenschaft Key Concepts for the Study of Culture Prof. Dr. Nünning: Tue, 9.30-11.00, NUni n.n. This lecture is also listed as “Vorlesung Kulturwissenschaft.” Its description can be found on page 11. Anglistisches Seminar 14 Wintersemester 2021/22
Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik 4 Proseminare Proseminar I Sprachwissenschaft Word-formation in English Dr. Isermann: Wed, 11.15-12.45, 112 Apart from surveying the major word-formation processes in some detail, the course seeks to cover various aspects of word-formation that are not immediately obvious. Thus, for example, we will address the following questions. What are the stages a formation runs through until it finally becomes an established word? What’s the point in having a word for something that could as well be paraphrased? How does our mental lexicon deal with new words as compared to the storage and retrieval of old ones? Early into the course, participants will form groups of three students and embark on small-scale research projects devoted the some recent additions to the English lexicon. As we proceed, they will track down the history of the words involved, explore contexts, and extend their knowledge of a particular word-formation process. The last two sessions will be reserved for the presentation of the results. Term papers will build on the findings of the study groups, exploring some aspects of the relevant groups of words in more detail. Pragmatics Dr. Bredvik: Tue, 11.15-12.45, 116 How do speakers often communicate more than what is said? Does “Honey, it’s cold in here” refer only to the temperature in the room or is it a request for someone to close the window? Pragmatics is the study of the interface between language and context, how what someone “says” may or may not be what they “mean.” Pragmatics is the third of Charles Morris’ (1938) tripartite division of semiotics; it is the study of the interaction between linguistic forms and users of the forms. While pragmatics has very theoretical and philosophical beginnings, this class will take an empirical and functional approach to pragmatics, investigating how linguistic phenomena are used to index and infer meaning. Students will gain a basic understanding of the theoretical aspects of pragmatics, as well as do some “hands on” work with the empirical, applied aspects of pragmatics. Introduction to Sociolinguistics Regnoli: Wed, 9.15-10.45, 116 Sociolinguistics is the study of language in society and the social factors influencing the way we talk. Examining the way people use language in different social contexts provides a wealth of information about the way language works, the social relationships in a community, as well as the way people convey and perform aspects of their social identity through language. The present course explores aspects of the relationship between language, variation, and style as well as fundamental topics such as ‘speech community,’ ‘social networks,’ ‘language contact,’ ‘multilingualism,’ ‘language attitudes’ and ‘address behaviour.’ In addition, the course provides an overview of the research approaches and methodologies pursued by sociolinguists, ranging from methods of data collection and analysis to research ethics and challenges such as the ‘observer paradox,’ i.e., the fact that we want to observe language when it is not observed. Anglistisches Seminar 15 Wintersemester 2021/22
Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Proseminar I Sprachwissenschaft The Miracle of Language Acquisition Dr. Schiffmann: Fri, 16.15-17.45, 108 Human languages are probably among the most complex systems in the universe (no one has ever given a complete description of even a single one), but children by the age of four or five generally have an almost complete mastery of them even though they do not even seem to devote much attention to the acquisition process. On the basis of a couple of million sentences they hear (or see, in the case of signing), they acquire a system that is for all intents and purposes infinite (believe it or not, most sentences of moderate length are new in the history of the speaker and even of the language—try to google what I just wrote). How can children do this? What inner resources do they need to have to accomplish it? How does the acquisition process concretely unfold, in particular in English? What are some of the new data that have been collected in the course of recent years that help us to better understand this awe-inspiring miracle? Questions like these and similar ones will be what will occupy us in this seminar which is based on an excellent new textbook by Misha Becker and Kamil Ud Deen and a number of other exciting sources. Hope to see you there, guys! Texts: Misha Becker & Kamil Ud Deen, Language Acquisition and Development. A Generative Introduction, MIT Press 2020. This and other materials will be made accessible in a suitable form. Meaning in Language and Cognition Dr. Michael Pleyer: Mon, 14.15-15.45, 114 We’ve all heard expressions like “That’s not what I meant!”, “What do you mean by that?” or somebody telling us that “Dog” means “Hund” in German. But what do we really mean when we speak of meaning? What is ‘meaning’, exactly? And what goes on in the mind when we understand the meaning of an expression? That is, what goes on in our minds when we hear sentences like “Think of a flying pig”, “Don’t think of a pink elephant” , or simply “the cat is on the mat.” In this course we will deal with questions like these. We will look at different theories of how ‘meaning’ is represented in language and cognition. In doing so, we will focus especially on approaches that see linguistic expressions as instructions to create a mental representation and treat language as a cognitive phenomenon. For example, we will discuss the idea of prototypes, the concept of frames, that is, cognitive knowledge needed to understand expressions, the question if language influences thought, and how children learn the meanings of words. We will also put a particular focus on the meaning of metaphors, such as “Our relationship is at a cross-roads” and “She attacked my argument”, and their relationship to cognition. During the course, you will have ample opportunity to use linguistic theories to analyse instances of actual language use, but will also learn about psychological theories of meaning in language and cognition. Texts: The reading texts will be made available at the beginning of the semester Introduction to Language and Gender Dr. Monika Pleyer: Wed, 14.15-15.45, 112 “You just don’t understand”—as Tannen’s (1990) book title suggests, people often hold the assumption that women’s speech is not the same thing as men’s speech at all, and that this is why women and men so often misunderstand each other. But is this really the case? In this course, we will investigate what it means to use language as men and women, and how different genders are expressed or express themselves differently in various contexts. The course is divided into three thematic parts. In part I we will focus on traditional approaches to language and gender. We will tackle questions such as: Is there such a thing as a ‘women’s language’ Anglistisches Seminar 16 Wintersemester 2021/22
Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Proseminar II historische Sprachwissenschaft that is special and distinct from male language? How are language and power related? Do boys and girls really grow up in two different ‘societies’ so that men and women have two very distinct ways of communicating? Using both linguistic texts and examples from the media, we will come to a deeper understanding of what it means to speak like a ‘man’ or a ‘woman.’ In part II we will discuss contemporary approaches to language and gender, and look at gender under a feminist linguistic lens. Here, our questions centre around the idea of gender itself: Is gender something that a speaker possesses, or something that is performed in every interaction? We will also turn to speakers beyond the straight male-female binary that is implicitly understood as the basis of early research, and investigate LGBTQ+ speakers. Part III of our course will branch out to practical explorations into language and gender. Here, we will investigate gender in context and explore different settings, such as gender in the workplace, or in the media. We will ask ourselves if boys really are more disruptive than girls in the primary school, or what role language plays in various women’s magazines. At the end of our class, students will have gained an in-depth insight into different research approaches to language and gender, and have developed a skill-set that allows them to analyse gendered language in a variety of contexts. Texts: A reader with the relevant literature will be made available at the start of the semester. Some good basic reading (you do not have to purchase this book!): Coates, Jennifer. 2004. Women, Men and Language. 3rd ed. London; New York: Routledge. Proseminar II historische Sprachwissenschaft Introduction to Early Modern English Dr. Isermann: Tue, 9.15-10.45, 114 The course takes a philological approach to the transitional period between 1450 and 1700 in which English developed into an idiom not far from the language we use today. It starts out from the assumption that the history of a language cannot profitably be studied without a solid knowledge of the texts in which it materializes as well as of their cultural and historical background. As regards the EME period, such an approach is particularly natural, given the fact that language became virtually the first object of public dispute in the two centuries that followed the introduction of printing. Consequently, we will place equal emphasis on the major developments in the phonology, lexicon and grammar of the period and on the texts which exhibit these developments and comment upon them. Regular homework (an estimated three hours per week) includes reading, translation, transcription and exercises. Texts: A Reader will be available at the Copy Corner. Introduction to Old English Dr. Hänßgen: Mon, 11.15-12.45, 116 Old English is the oldest diachronic variant of English, used between ca. 700 and 1100 AD. It is closer related to Late Modern German than to Late Modern English and is therefore easier to learn for speakers of German. In this course, we will be looking at different levels on which Old English differs from later variants, especially at its morphology, phonology and syntax. We will also be dealing with external language history and translate a number of prose texts and poems. Texts: Baker, Peter S. 32012. Introduction to Old English. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. Please make sure you’ve got your copy of the textbook by the beginning of term. Anglistisches Seminar 17 Wintersemester 2021/22
Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Proseminar II historische Sprachwissenschaft Introduction to the history of English Priv.-Doz. Dr. Mollin: Mon, 11.15-12.45, 113 This class offers an introduction to the historical development of English. Beginning with the Germanic origins of the language, we will consider its development in phonology, grammar and lexis through Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and Late Modern English, making reference to the Standard English we know today. A special focus will lie on the social and cultural background to the linguistic changes that English has undergone, on the mechanisms of language change, and on questions of data in historical linguistics. Texts: A reader containing all class materials will be available. Introduction to the history of English Priv.-Doz. Dr. Nesselhauf: Wed, 11.15-12.45, 115 In this Proseminar II, we are going to trace the development of English from its beginnings to Present Day English. Old English, Middle English, and (Early) Modern English will receive roughly the same amount of attention. We will cover both structural aspects (phonology, grammar, and lexis) of the language of the respective periods as well as the historical and socio-cultural background that contributed to shaping the language. Particular emphasis will be put on mechanisms of language change—both general mechanisms of change and specific mechanisms that can explain linguistic contrasts between German and English Introduction to the history of English Priv.-Doz. Dr. Mollin: Thu, 11.15-12.45, 113 This class offers an introduction to the historical development of English. Beginning with the Germanic origins of the language, we will consider its development in phonology, grammar and lexis through Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and Late Modern English, making reference to the Standard English we know today. A special focus will lie on the social and cultural background to the linguistic changes that English has undergone, on the mechanisms of language change, and on questions of data in historical linguistics. Texts: A reader containing all class materials will be available. Anglistisches Seminar 18 Wintersemester 2021/22
Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Proseminar II moderne Sprachwissenschaft
Proseminar II moderne Sprachwissenschaft
The Practice and Theory of Syntax
Dr. Schiffmann: Fri, 14.15-15.45, 108
It is often said that language is “for communication,” but if you think about it, there is no use
in communicating if you have nothing to communicate. This is where the marvelous evolutionary
development of syntax comes into play: Syntax allows us to think in the typical human way by putting
concepts together to form larger items, which can then in turn be put together with other concepts or
with items already formed. Syntax is thus very much about human thought. No syntax, no Socrates
or Immanuel Kant. In this seminar we will explore syntax from a beginner’s level right through to the
horizons of current syntactic research. On the one hand, the seminar will be a solid introduction into the
present state of affairs in Noam Chomsky’s research paradigm generative grammar; on the other, we will
do a lot of syntactic research ourselves, including, but not limited to, checking dialectal variations (in
other words, actually occurring sentences and constructions), looking at languages other than English,
and drawing and testing syntactic trees. The seminar will be accompanied and guided by a series of
video clips in which I try to explain what the issues are and why what we are doing at each step matters.
This is the third time that I’m teaching this seminar, but even so and as in the previous semester, I
expect it to be quite different from what went on before.
Texts: Core reading will be Olaf Koeneman & Hedde Zeijlstra. 2017. Introducing Syntax, Cambridge
University Press. This book and other material will be made available to participants of the seminar in
an appropriate form.
Regional Varieties of English—characteristics, development, analysis
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Nesselhauf: intensive online course, 9:30-13:30 on the following days: Monday, 20 Sept.,
Tuesday, 21 Sept., Wednesday, 22 Sept., Thursday, 23 Sept., Monday, 27 Sept., Tuesday, 28 Sept. 2021.
In this seminar, we will try to get an overview of the different types of varieties of English that can be
found around the world. We are going to deal both with first language Englishes such as Australian
English and with second language Englishes such as Indian English; some English-based pidgins and
creoles such as Tok Pisin will also be looked at. In addition to studying the development and present-day
shape and usage of these Englishes theoretically, you will also learn how to perform your own hands-on
investigations.
Requirements:
1) Sign up via SignUp
2) In Schneider, English Around the World, please read sections 2.4, 2.5, and at least three of the
sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4.
3) By 30 August, send me an email (Nadja.Nesselhauf@urz.uni-heidelberg.de) stating which three
varieties of English (any varieties, not limited to those discussed in Schneider) you find most
interesting, what has sparked your interest, and which aspects about these varieties you would
particularly like to learn more about (phonology, lexis, syntax, pragmatics, development/history,
attitudes, language policies,. . . ).
4) Presentation (deadline 15 Sept.), quiz (27 Sept.), data analysis (28 Sept.)
Please note that intensive work will be required outside of class time as well, both in the weeks before
and during the days of the seminar.
Texts: Schneider, Edgar W. (2011/2020). English Around the World. An Introduction. Cambridge:
CUP. [You may use either edition; the chapters we are going to cover are practically identical].
Anglistisches Seminar 19 Wintersemester 2021/22Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Proseminar I Literaturwissenschaft Linguistic Im/Politeness Dr. Monika Pleyer: Thu, 14.15-15.45, 112 “F*** you, you’re a f***ing w*nker”—how come that, if we listen to these lyrics from an Alestorm song, we might find them amusing, but would react quite differently if the same phrase were to be said to us in an argument? This course will help us answer these and similar questions. In our class on linguistic im/politeness, we will learn what it means to be polite or rude in a specific context, how and why speakers might differ in what they find im/polite, and also how we can describe these behaviours with linguistic models. The course is divided into two thematic parts. In part I we will focus on classical approaches to language and im/politeness. We will answer questions such as: What is politeness in a linguistic sense? Do linguists understand the same behaviours as polite as lay speakers? Is the same linguistic expression polite in every context in which it is said, or might it also be seen as impolite in some? And how do we define and describe what impoliteness is? Using both linguistic texts and examples from the media, we will come to a deeper understanding of what it means to be polite or impolite in specific social contexts. In part II of our course we will branch out to practical explorations into im/politeness in context. Here, we will investigate how our use and perception of im/politeness change in a variety of (social) contexts, such as in mixed-gender communication, or in children’s fiction such as the Harry Potter series. We will tackle questions such as why there is such a wealth of impoliteness in contemporary media (that is, film, TV, and on the Internet), or how we might misunderstand a person from a different cultural background because of their use of politeness strategies. At the end of our class, students will have gained an in-depth insight into different research approaches to language and im/politeness, and have developed a skill-set that allows them to analyse im/polite language in a variety of contexts. A portion of our class time will be dedicated to developing a project in which you empirically investigate an aspect of linguistik im/politeness in context. Texts: A reader with all relevant texts will be made available at the beginning of the semester. Proseminar I Literaturwissenschaft Introduction to City Poetry: London Poems Through Four Centuries Dr. Hertel: Thu, 11.15-12.45, 116 At all times the concept of the city and city life have been key topics for poets. London is only one example of a metropolis that has inspired so many versatile reactions in writers over the centuries. These range from fascination and admiration to bewilderment and abhorrence. This course will focus on a selection of city poetry covering a time span of four centuries. In a close reading of the respective poems, we will work on the questions of how London is presented in poetry from the 17th to the 21st century, and in which ways these images of a changing city can also be seen as reflecting the social and historical transformations of English society in general. The course will offer students an insight into the urban development of London as well as the development of English poetry over a stretch of four centuries. Texts: A ‘reader’ with all the texts will be available in ‘Copy Corner’ (Merianstrasse) by the end of September. The selection of poems will be based partly on the edition London. The Urban Experience in Poetry and Prose (ed. Horst Meller and Helmut Slogsnat. Paderborn: Schöningh, 1987) as well as Ford, Mark, ed. London : A History in Verse. (2012). In order to prepare for this class, it might also be interesting to have a look at the manifold studies on the history of London in our library’s section D GF. Anglistisches Seminar 20 Wintersemester 2021/22
Kommentierte Ankündigungen Anglistik Proseminar I Literaturwissenschaft Herman Melville’s Short Fiction Tants-Boestad: Mon, 16.15-17.45, 122 Herman Melville (1819-1891) is nowadays best known as the author of the famous novel Moby-Dick (1851). However, he also created a considerable body of short stories and novellas, especially in the years following the publication of his great novel. Some of the most interesting among these were published in the collection, The Piazza Tales (1856). In this course, we will examine a wide selection of Melville’s shorter fiction, especially from the period of the mid-1850’s. Reading these texts alongside pertinent historical sources and authors that have influenced Melville’s writing, we will explore historical, political, and intertextual links in these works. Through close readings of the short stories, essential skills for literary analysis will also be practised. The stories and any additional reading material will be made available on Moodle. However, students are expected to have read at least the longer texts “Benito Cereno” and “The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles” by the start of term. Both can be found online as well as in the following, recommended anthology of Melville’s short fiction: Peter Coviello (ed.). Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories. Penguin. Alternatively, you may wish to acquire this comprehensive “Everyman’s Library” edition of the texts: Herman Melville. The Complete Shorter Fiction. Knopf. Introducing Modernism Elwer: Thu, 16.15-17.45, 122 Perhaps no other literary movement has drawn more attention than modernism. Influential, provoking, and innovative, literature in the modernist era has had a lasting influence in the 20th and 21st centuries. In this seminar, we will take an investigative look at why this period has become so (in)famous. Our focus will not only be fiction but poetry and drama as well. Throughout the course of the semester, we will analyze modernist texts and discuss the salient features of modernist literature, including but not limited to its presentation of temporality, multiperspectivity, and stream of consciousness. Through a critical perspective, we will encounter key figures of the modernist movement, such as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and T.S. Eliot and place them within the literary tradition. Requirements: regular attendance and participation, one short presentation, and writing of a final term paper. Please familiarize yourself with the following works before the semester begins. Selected poems will be distributed by me during the semester. James Joyce: Dubliners (though not essential, I recommend the Norton edition) Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway, Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925) Dr. Hänßgen: Fri, 11.15-12.45, 116 F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life (1896-1940) and works represent his age, from the post-war lostness and wildness of the roaring twenties, his “Jazz Age,” to the aftermath following the stock market crash of 1929 and Fitzgerald’s self-destruction through alcohol. In this course, we will focus on his masterpiece, the novel* The Great Gatsby (1925). We will consider questions of prose analysis and explore themes like the essentially American nature of Gatsby’s dream, the success myth, the conflict between the American East and West, dysfunctional relationships and the obsession with time. We will work with the critical material assembled in the new Norton Critical Edition, including contemporary reviews and critical assessments through the ages.* We might take a look at some short stories and autobiographical essays. Texts: Please read the novel in advance, using the recommended edition. (The book is due in August 2021.) Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism. Ed. David J. Alworth. A Norton Critical Edition. New York: W. W. Norton, 2021. Anglistisches Seminar 21 Wintersemester 2021/22
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